Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, and their son Hamed, 20, are each charged with four counts of first-degree murder. They have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege the victims died in an honour killing, an ancient cultural practice in which girls or women may be killed for disobedience or seemingly immoral behaviour that is perceived to have shamed the family.
Hyderi, 65, is Yahyaâs paternal uncle. He is a native of Afghanistan who came to Canada 11 years ago and now lives in Montreal. He testified that Yahya asked him in the spring of 2009 to help sort out a family conflict in which Zainab was seeking to marry a young Pakistani man, against everyoneâs wishes.
Hyderi said he had a telephone conversation with Shafia, while Shafia was in Dubai on business. Shafia said his daughter âœwanted to dishonour meâ and he called her a âœwhoreâ and âœprostitute,â he testified.

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Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, and their son Hamed, 20, are each charged with four counts of first-degree murder. They have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege the victims died in an honour killing, an ancient cultural practice in which girls or women may be killed for disobedience or seemingly immoral behaviour that is perceived to have shamed the family.
Hyderi, 65, is Yahya’s paternal uncle. He is a native of Afghanistan who came to Canada 11 years ago and who now lives in Montreal. He testified that Yahya asked him in the spring of 2009 to help sort out a family conflict in which Zainab was seeking to marry a young Pakistani man, against everyone’s wishes.
Hyderi said he had a telephone conversation with Shafia, while Shafia was in Dubai on business. Shafia said his daughter “wanted to dishonour me” and he called her a “whore” and “prostitute,” Hyderi testified.

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Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, and their son Hamed, 20, are each charged with four counts of first-degree murder. They have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege the victims died in an honour killing, an ancient cultural practice in which girls or women may be killed for disobedience or seemingly immoral behaviour that is perceived to have shamed the family.
Hyderi, 65, is Yahya’s paternal uncle. He is a native of Afghanistan who came to Canada 11 years ago and who now lives in Montreal. He testified that Yahya asked him in the spring of 2009 to help sort out a family conflict in which Zainab was seeking to marry a young Pakistani man, against everyone’s wishes.
Hyderi said he had a telephone conversation with Shafia, while Shafia was in Dubai on business. Shafia said his daughter “wanted to dishonour me” and he called her a “whore” and “prostitute,” Hyderi testified.

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Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41, and their son Hamed, 20, are each charged with four counts of first-degree murder. They have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege the victims died in an honour killing, an ancient cultural practice in which girls or women may be killed for disobedience or seemingly immoral behaviour that is perceived to have shamed the family.
Hyderi, 65, is Yahyaâs paternal uncle. He is a native of Afghanistan who came to Canada 11 years ago and now lives in Montreal. He testified that Yahya asked him in the spring of 2009 to help sort out a family conflict in which Zainab was seeking to marry a young Pakistani man, against everyoneâs wishes.
Hyderi said he had a telephone conversation with Shafia, while Shafia was in Dubai on business. Shafia said his daughter âœwanted to dishonour meâ and he called her a âœwhoreâ and âœprostitute,â he testified.

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He also would have struggled to navigate the months of phone calls, meetings and paperwork needed to finally claim his pension more than three decades after leaving the military.
The retired corporal’s case raises questions as to whether more outreach is required to help Canada’s homeless veterans, many of whom might be eligible for a military pension and not even know it.
The wiry 53-year-old with the mop of grey hair has toughed out three biting winters in his cluttered, steel-walled quarters, primarily with the help of a good sleeping bag and the wood-burning stove he installed at the back of the shipping container.
He tries to block out the rumble of nearby trains and the sound of prostitutes at work behind the nearby dumpsters; he’s even gotten used to having his belongings stolen, most notably a generator, a camping stove and a stack of firewood.

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He also would have struggled to navigate the months of phone calls, meetings and paperwork needed to finally claim his pension more than three decades after leaving the military.
The retired corporal’s case raises questions as to whether more outreach is required to help Canada’s homeless veterans, many of whom might be eligible for a military pension and not even know it.
The wiry 53-year-old with the mop of grey hair has toughed out three biting winters in his cluttered, steel-walled quarters, primarily with the help of a good sleeping bag and the wood-burning stove he installed at the back of the shipping container.
He tries to block out the rumble of nearby trains and the sound of prostitutes at work behind the nearby dumpsters; he’s even gotten used to having his belongings stolen, most notably a generator, a camping stove and a stack of firewood.

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It focuses on the Rizzuto family and its associates the Caruanas and the Cuntreras. This edition updates the action to include the 2010 slaying of Nicolo Rizzuto Sr., 86, shot while dining at home with his family.
The fluid and idiomatic English translation by Michael Gilson propels the story through the web of family and criminal connections that the authors admit is dizzying.
The book is careful not to tar all Canadians of Italian origin with the Mafia brush, but it does not shrink from calling out the guilty minority.
These folks may not be household names in most of Canada, but they should be.
Not only have they run gambling and prostitution and imported stupefying amounts of illegal drugs into Canada, but they have extended their influence to elected civic and provincial governments, and to Liberal and Conservative federal governments through bribery and other “illustrious relations.”

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Old Port is, of course, famed for its historical aura, and seemed like the perfect place to start a search for spirits. While all of the special Halloween ghost walking tours are already booked to the brim, you can still go investigate the streets of Old Montreal, perhaps in the company of some brave friends. Look out for 18th century couple Marie-Josephe Angélique and Claude Thibault, who were thought to be guilty of setting a fire in 1734 that destroyed around 45 houses along Rue Saint Paul. Angélique was sentenced, tortured and executed, but Thibault disappeared on the day that his lover was arrested and was never found again. Further west, the streets of Griffintown are the home of Mary Gallagher, a prostitute from the 19th century who, during a quarrel with a friend, was beheaded with an axe.

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Man, woman charged with living off avails of prostitution
Police, community organizations and former victims of exploitation will work together in Survivors, a new program to fight prostitution.
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MONTREAL A man and a woman were formally charged with living off the avails of prostitution Tuesday after a police bust in Dorval the previous day.
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According to police, the alleged incident took place in an apartment on Dorval Ave. when a man answered an online ad for sex. He arrived at the apartment to find a 17-year-old girl who told him she was being held against her will and being forced into prostitution, according to police.
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Girls like “Valérie,” a former prostitute who entered the life at the age of 16 and is now living proof that you can get out.

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Teenaged girls frequently working as prostitutes
What’s openly marketed as harmless stress relief for men, and a private transaction between consenting adults, is sometimes anything but.
CTV Montreal talked to several ex-prostitutes who worked in massage parlours.
Jenny (not her real name), was an adult when she worked in six different erotic massage parlours, and she says there were definitely underage girls having sex with johns.
“I’ve seen 15, 16, 17 year-olds,” she said.
“Men are looking for young women,” said Matte. “They’re looking for the youngest and the industry is providing the youngest.”
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Montreal police Commander Ian Nantuoni says that ever year, police investigate up to 150 cases of underage girls working as prostitutes, including in massage parlours.
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Another prostitute, Noemi (not her real name), was a 13-year-old runaway when a pimp lured her into prostituting herself in the back room of a strip club.

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